What happens
Assistant District Attorney Cleve Marshall, after a night of drinking on his fifth wedding anniversary, meets a woman who calls herself Thelma Jordan, niece of Miss Vera Edwards, an elderly heiress whose home has been broken into twice. Their brief affair grows serious, and Thelma confides that she has a past marriage. Soon Miss Edwards is found dead in her library, her emerald necklace missing, and Cleve becomes entangled in the case. This episode of Screen Director's Playhouse, broadcast on March 15, 1951, stars Barbara Stanwick and Wendell Corey.
A small town, Cleve's home and the Edwards estate
Characters: Cleve Marshall, Thelma Jordan, Miss Vera Edwards, Tony, Miles Scott, Sidney, Pamela
Listen for: Cleve's growing entanglement with Thelma and the discovery of Miss Edwards' body
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.